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In this post: I consider what I think a successful and meaningful professional life looks like to me. I am about to end my latest assignment. I will have spent five years of my active duty career at this singular base by the time my change of station passes. As I’ve been telling people thatContinue reading “March 2026 – Inventory”

In this post: I consider what skills I most likely need to develop to be an effective president. Introduction I will be eligible to be president soon. I’m a natural-born U.S. citizen, I’ve lived in the States for over 14 years, and I’ll be 35. Furthermore, I’ve never been impeached, never rebelled against the UnitedContinue reading “February 2026 – Presidential Ponderings”

In this post: I think a little about the Hades series by Supergiant Games. …Yes, you should play these games.  Note: There are mild spoilers for these games within this post. Hades was released in 2020 and its sister, Hades II, was released in 2025. Both games involve complicated family relationships, steadily increasing strength, theContinue reading “January 2026 – Hades”

In this post: A short discussion about defining when your task or goal has satisfactorily been met. Back in July of 2023, I wrote a post on Objectives and Key Results. That post was overall about organizing goals into subordinate tasks that eventually get you to the goal. I described the construction of task setsContinue reading “December 2025 – Defining Done”

In this post: Basically a minimal rationale call to action that you should consume less and create more. The premise for this post falls entirely on the idea that we should try to tip the scale slightly more creative than we currently do. When I say create, I am essentially talking about art. When IContinue reading “November 2025: Create!”

(January 2026 Catch Up Post!) In this post: I start trying to catch up to my schedule of monthly posts while looking forward. Ideally, my posts would be consistently written every month, but that has not been the case. The current idea is to write a post each week in order to catch up toContinue reading “October 2025: Looking Forward”

In this post: I reflect on the purpose, execution, and desired results of a reflection. I’ve done reflection posts before (see April ‘22, June ‘23, May ‘24), but after reading through each of them, it occurs to me that I have never explained more than “I’m reflecting.” In chats with my friends, the idea thatContinue reading “August 2025: Reflection”